Future Plans

It's kind of shame I'm going to have a baby in a week or two, because I just thought of an awesome party I'd like to throw: A book swap.

I read a lot, and tend to accumulate books. I rarely read them more than once, and while I do like having some books on the shelf (mostly so I look like a reader for the company), it's better if the books go to a good home. But donating them or selling them is a pain in the ass. Hence, a book swap.

I'd invite people over—people who have good taste in reading materials, anyway—and ask them to bring any books they're finished with. Not old college textbooks or anything, just the books they read for pleasure. Then we'd swap. If you brought over five books, you'd go home with five brand-new-to-you books. If you brought one book, you'd only get to choose one to take home. Books would be sorted into categories for easy browsing: mysteries, chick-lit, non-fiction, children's books, etc. Guests would take turns selecting books, so it'd be fair (because I know everyone would be fighting over my copy of What to Expect When You're Expecting).

And of course there would be snacks. Possibly even literary snacks, if I could think of any. Also wine. Because a book swap just wouldn't be a book swap without wine, don't you think?

Now, doesn't that sound like fun?